I don't know.That's interesting, I didn't realise that about Switzerland (but I do have the knife!) What might you think the key differences between your country and the US are then, given comparable levels of gun ownership? (In fact, in the US the number of multiple gun households actually means the majority of households do not have a gun).
But I suspect that a strong social safety net is strongly correlated with social peace. I am spoiled, since I have a double Swiss/Swedish citizenship. Both very safe countries. The first country is socially strong because it is very rich, the second is socially strong because everyone pays 50% or more of their income as taxes. It looks like a lot, but you really need to worry about nothing, from the cradle to the grave.
Incidentally, I also have the impression that a strong social safety net correlates positively with lack of interest in religion. Those countries have, basically, no foxholes, and no need for them.
So, I wonder whether the extreme level of religiosity in America, as compared with countries at similar level of development, and the widespread violence, are not reducible to the same root cause. Namely, the lack of a social protection for the people you call "losers".
But again. I have no clue, really. That is just easy chair sociology from my side.
Ciao
- viole
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